The Pirate Bay, Featured in Vanity Fair

koregaonpark writes "Via the TorrentFreak site, an article in the latest issue of Vanity Fair about BitTorrent, movie piracy and The Pirate Bay. The Vanity Fair piece is lengthy, and covers the MPAA's struggle to stamp out piracy, Hollywood's increasing losses, and how the 'heartfelt testimony of Ben Affleck, a man who was paid $12.5 million to star in Gigli,' didn't help one bit. 'Pirates of the Multiplex' covers the saga of Pirate Bay in a very high-level, mass-market fashion. Did you ever think you'd be reading about TPB in Vanity Fair?"

Comments

Interesting that the founder visited the USA

[loshwomp]

In the article, one of the founders makes a reference to a visit to San Francisco. If I were in their position, I'd be terrified to visit the USA.

Re:You can't stop commoditizing of an item

[FlyingGuy]

Ahhh so well spoken by someone who has probably never spent a few years of their life writing a book, or a screenplay, or a play or a dozen songs.

So lets see, according to you, if I spend a few years of my life generating a creative work, I should not have any protection at all! YOU should have the right to just rip me off, seel my work, or even give it away to whomever you desire?

Thats not even a socialist POV, thats just plain stealing from me. You, in your notions are nothing but a thief AND an asshole!

Re:Who works 3 jobs and eats TV Dinners?

[jedidiah]

Most people that are poor are infact morons.

That's why they're poor. They don't value education of any sort and are adept at making pisspoor choices.

Those that aren't, escape and don't look back.

Right now you are abusing your body for the sake of a little percieved convenience when even something as simple as a "foodie" lunch sandwich would be much better nutritionally, probably cheaper and not require an ice block -> food conversion process.

When I was officially poor I did better than TV dinners in cost and quality just by using cheap staples and applying about 10 minutes worth of effort.

Cheap staple foods are why our ancestors survived long enough to subject the world to either of us.